Security News > 2022 > February > Securing IoT from the ground up
As NIST research shows security flaws continue to pile up, this haphazard approach will surely catch up to teams who rely exclusively on responsive rather than proactive security strategies.
In the past, IoT security considerations were far too often overlooked in the name of increasing speed to market and reducing costs - security was at most a box to be checked at the end of development.
Today, organizations need to really move the needle by examining the processes they apply when developing connected products in the first place and their governance to ensure security is baked into everything from the start, rather than merely an afterthought.
It's no longer enough to just release a secure product and walk away from support; treating security as a core component of any new offering means organizations must have sustainable and lasting security approaches, necessarily including at least some after-sales support.
Communicate your products' security to partners, stakeholders and end-users to help ease security concerns and contribute to a more secure world.
Strengthening IoT products' security bona fides is critical to unlocking the immense potential of connected technologies.